Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newlands, Peeblesshire

Newlands is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Peeblesshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
WATSON212.557911.03
WILSON212.55795.57
BROWN192.31433.51
GIBSON182.192418.06
TAIT182.192474.47
FLEMING182.192452.77
JOHNSTON172.070625.66
LAWSON161.948833.06
HAMILTON131.583421.11
HARPER131.583424.73
SCOTT131.58346.26
TODD121.461628.72
MITCHELL121.46167.21
FORREST111.339851.98
PATERSON101.218017.90
SWAN101.218047.01
GRIEVE101.2180105.15
HUNTER91.096210.67
THOMSON91.09628.20
BLAKE91.096222.63
GRAHAM91.09629.55
GARGAN80.97442,105.26
HILL80.97443.83
IRELAND80.974441.97
MONTGOMERY80.974461.40
GEDDES80.974481.30
MUIR70.852622.28
BRODIE70.852663.52
AITKEN70.852632.50
FRASER70.85269.58
MURRAY70.85266.88
BROWNLEE70.8526246.48
SMITH70.85260.60
SIBBALD70.8526321.10
GILCHRIST70.852658.19
LOUDON70.8526300.43
LAIDLAW70.852696.15
SYKES70.852617.77
SOMERVILLE60.730887.85
TELFER60.7308122.20
FERGUSON60.730810.31
STEELE60.730827.31
WALDIE60.7308340.91
LAURIE60.730885.11
PORTEOUS60.7308109.69
HENDERSON60.73086.72
FRENCH60.730814.97
BERTRAM60.7308152.67
ELDER50.609057.67
RITCHIE50.609017.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUTTER0.828215000.0000
GARGAN0.828212105.2632
MCLAUGHLIN0.82821757.5758
RUBIE0.82821606.0606
WALDIE0.82821340.9091
MOSSMAN0.82821340.1361
SIBBALD0.82821321.1009
CULBERT0.82821317.4603
LOUDON0.82821300.4292
HOWIESON0.82821297.0297
MUNDELL0.82821260.8696
BROWNLEE0.82821246.4789
CASSELLS0.82821223.8806
PRYDE0.82821220.2643
WALKINSHAW0.82821215.0538
INCH0.82821213.6752
BERTRAM0.82821152.6718
TELFER0.82821122.1996
OFFICER0.82821121.9512
PURDIE0.82821117.9941
PROUDFOOT0.82821111.7318
PORTEOUS0.82821109.6892
PAISLEY0.82821109.2896
GRIEVE0.82821105.1525
LAIDLAW0.8282196.1538
MELROSE0.8282194.3396
CRIGHTON0.8282192.0245
SOMERVILLE0.8282187.8477
LAURIE0.8282185.1064
GEDDES0.8282181.3008
TAIT0.8282174.4725
MADDEN0.8282170.4225
MATHEW0.8282164.9351
BRODIE0.8282163.5209
BRUNTON0.8282162.0155
MONTGOMERY0.8282161.3968
CRANSTON0.8282160.2410
GILCHRIST0.8282158.1879
ELDER0.8282157.6701
BRYDEN0.8282157.6369
VEITCH0.8282155.4529
FLEMING0.8282152.7704
FORREST0.8282151.9849
MCLEAN0.8282147.8469
SWAN0.8282147.0146
RODGER0.8282143.3276
ORMISTON0.8282142.3729
IRELAND0.8282141.9727
RANKIN0.8282140.9836
LIVINGSTON0.8282140.7056

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 821 people called LUTTER in Newlands at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 5000.0000 in Newlands means that 5000.0000% of the people in Newlands on census day were called LUTTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUTTER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LUTTER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LUTTER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LUTTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Newlands means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUTTER in Newlands than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newlands in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALEXANDER (4)  ANDERSON (1)  ARCHIBALD (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (7)  BAILLIE (1)  BARR (3)  BAXTER (3)  BEDHAM (1)  BERESFORD (1)  BERTRAM (6)  BLAKE (9)  BLACKLAY (1)  BOYD (1)  BOYLE (1)  BRANNAN (1)  BRODIE (7)  BROTHERSTON (1)  BROWN (19)  BROWNLEE (7)  BRUCE (1)  BRUNTON (4)  O'BRIEN (4)  BRYCE (2)  BRYDEN (2)  BURNET (1)  CAIRNS (2)  CALDER (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CASSELLS (3)  CHALMERS (2)  CHISHOLM (2)  COCHRANE (2)  COLLINS (4)  COOPER (5)  CRAIG (2)  CRAIK (8)  CRANSTON (2)  CRIGHTON (3)  CULBERT (2)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DEVINE (1)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (1)  DOBSON (1)  ELDER (5)  FAIRBAIRN (2)  FERGUSON (6)  FLEMING (18)  FORREST (11)  FRASER (7)  FRENCH (6)  GALLAGHER (1)  GARGAN (8)  GEDDES (8)  GIBSON (18)  GILBERT (2)  GILCHRIST (7)  GILES (1)  MC GILL (1)  GIRDWOOD (1)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (9)  GRIEVE (10)  GREEN (1)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (13)  O'HARA (5)  HARPER (13)  HARVIE (1)  HASTIE (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HILL (8)  HOPE (4)  HOWIESON (3)  HUNTER (9)  HUTT (1)  INCH (5)  INGLIS (3)  INGLES (1)  IRELAND (8)  JENKINSON (4)  JOHNSTON (17)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KAY (4)  KELLY (3)  KENNEDY (2)  KENT (2)  KETTYLE (1)  KIRKHOPE (13)  KIRKLAND (1)  KYLE (1)  LAURIE (6)  LAWSON (16)  LEWIS (2)  LAIDLAW (7)  LINDSAY (2)  LIVINGSTON (3)  LORIEMER (10)  LOUDON (7)  LUTTER (1)  MADDEN (5)  MALCOLM (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MASON (3)  MATHEW (2)  MC BRYDE (1)  MC CASKALL (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC FARLIN (2)  MC GLAUGHLIN (3)  MACKIE (1)  MC KINNON (2)  MCLAUGHLIN (5)  MCLEAN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MATH (1)  MC NAY (1)  MC SKIMING (1)  MELROSE (3)  MIDDLEMAS (8)  MILNE (1)  MITCHELL (12)  MOFFAT (4)  MONTGOMERY (8)  MUIR (7)  MOSSMAN (5)  MULFEATHER (1)  MUNDELL (3)  MURRAY (7)  NELSON (2)  NOBLE (1)  O'DONIEL (1)  OFFICER (1)  ORMISTON (1)  PAISLEY (2)  PATERSON (10)  PENNINGTON (1)  PHILIP (2)  PHILLIPS (4)  PORTEOUS (6)  PRENTICE (3)  PRYDE (5)  PROUDFOOT (4)  PURDIE (4)  PURVES (1)  RAE (3)  RAMSAY (1)  RANKIN (5)  REID (2)  RITCHIE (5)  ROBB (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  RODIL (1)  RODGER (5)  ROSS (1)  ROTHNIE (7)  RUBIE (2)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SANDERSON (2)  SANDILANDS (6)  SCOTT (13)  SHARKIE (1)  SIBBALD (7)  SIMPSON (3)  SMALL (4)  SMITH (7)  STEWART (SMITH) (4)  SOMERVILLE (6)  SOMERVILE (1)  STARK (1)  STEELE (6)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (4)  SWAN (10)  SYKES (7)  TAIT (18)  TELFER (6)  TENNANT (1)  THOMSON (9)  TIFTNEY (1)  TODD (12)  VEITCH (3)  WALDIE (6)  WALKER (1)  WALKINSHAW (2)  WEATHERSTONE (5)  WEATHERSTON (1)  WATSON (21)  WELSH (3)  WILSON (21)  YOUNG (1)